Resilient wheel.



0. L. SGHWARZ I BESILIENT WHEEL.

' APPLIOATION FILED APR. 10. 1911..

1,030,924. 1 Patented July 2, 1912.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS 'inside of the extension 16 of the spoke member 14 and terminates at the-adjacent spoke member 14 as shown in Fig. 7 the two spring members being thus positioned. substantially back to back and with their-- extended arms 16 and 17 passing in opposite.

directions along the rim one overlapping the other and being prolonged to. pass to and Y be secured to the nextpair of spoke members. It will be noted that the sides 19 and. 20 of the spoke members are outwardly di verged from the retaining blocks 9 thereby will of course be'understood that a plurality of these clips 21 are necessary and are spaced at suitable intervals about the rim with respect to the point of tangency of the outer curved ends of the spoke members. r

'movement. connect the spoke members with the spring 2 3 designates a spring arm or member preferably having a curved end 24 adapted to conform to the curvature of the-hub 5 around. which it extends a sufiicient distance to grip thesame and position the arm correctly with relation to the spoke. An arm.

23 is located between pairs of spoke members 14 and 15 and the parts are joined together by means of clips 25. In order to retain .the clips in binding position the arms 23 are each provided with recesses :26 in each side formed by the lugs 27 and in which recesses the clips 25 are seated. It will thus be apparent that each arm 23 connects a pair of spoke members with the hub and since the end of each arm terminates within the other an auxiliary resilient spring structure is formed about the hub.

The advantages of this novel wheel construction will be apparent when it is realized.

that the ends of each spoke member are secured to the rim in such a manner that a movement is permitted between them which is of course more or less diminished by friction between the parts, and the connection at the point of contact with the rim is such as to overcome any tendency for lateral Furthermore the clips which arms23 are so attached that a slight sliding movement is permitted between the parts without causing a. displacement of the springann 23. The entire spring structure and its adjuncts are'so correlated and connected as to form a stiff rigid wheel incapable of lateral flexing through yielding and resilient to radial pressures.

Referring to F1g. 6, a construction is shown wherein the spoke members comprise 1,oso,924

that the curvature is such as to permit sliding movement between the meeting ends.

It will now be apparent that I have de vised a spring ywheel construction well adapted for the purpose intended andone in which a 'plurality of resilient members, are

so positioned, shaped and arranged as to attain a high degree of fieziibility and resiliency and whereby lateral flexing of, the

parts isimpossible and all compressiontakes place along radial lines.

It will now be apparent that I have (it I. vised a novel and useful construction of a resilient wheel which embodies the'features 1 of advantage enumerated as desirable inthe statement of the invention and the above 'description, and while I have, in the present instance, shown; and described a preferred embodiment thereof which hasbeen found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is 'to be understood-that the same is susceptible of modification in various par ticulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages. v Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and-desire to secure by Letters Patent, is z- V 1. In a spring wheel, a hub, a plurality of spoke members movably connected thereto, a

spring arm secured to adjacent spoke mem-v bers and bearing on said hub, a rim carrying a tire and means for attaching said spoke members to said rim to permit relative movement between said rim and spoke members.

2. In a spring wheel, a hub, a plurality of blockssecured to said hub, a spoke member held by each block and movable with respect thereto, each spoke member comprising a spring band having sides outwardly diverging from-the block, spring means carried'by said spoke members and bearing on said hub,

and a rim carrying a tire, attached to said spoke members.

3. In a spring wheel, a hub, a plurality of blocks carried'by said hub and spaced apart, a rim, a plurality ofspoke mem said blocks andoutwardly diverging therefrom, spring means carried by each spokev ers secured to said rinr, and each spolre member compris-l ing a spring band passing around .oneof a spoke member passing around each block .face, a spoke member engaging each block and having a portion thereof conforming to said curved face, a rim to which said spoke members are connected to permit relative movement therebetween, and spring means extending between and connected with adjacent spoke members and bearing on said hub,

and a tire carried by said rim.

6. In a spring wheel, a hub, a rim, a plurality of spoke members movably connected thereto, each spoke member comprising a spring band having sides outwardly diverging from said hub, one of said sides terminating in a curve contacting with said rim, and the other side terminating in a curve contacting with the face of said first mentionedside, and spring means between said spoke members and said hub.

7. In a spring wheel, a hub, a rim, a plurality of spoke members movably connected thereto, each spoke member comprising a spring band having sides-outwardly diverging from said hub, one of said sides terminating in a curve contacting with said rim,

and the other side terminating in a curve contacting with the ee of the said first mentioned side, a spring arm secured to each pair of spoke members and contacting with said hub.

8. In a spring wheel, a hub, a rim, a plurality of spoke members movably connected thereto, each spoke member comprising a spring band having sides outwardl diverging from said hub, one of said si es terminating in a curve contacting with said rim, and the other side terminating in a curve contacting with the face of said first mentioned side, a spring arm between each pair of spoke members having a curved end contacting with said hub. I

S). In a spring wheel, a hub, a'rim, a plurality of spoke members movably connected thereto, each spoke member comprising a spring band having sides outwardly diver ing from said hub, one of said sides terminating in a curve contacting with said rim, and the other side terminating in a curve contacting with. the face of said first mentioned side, a spring arm between each pair of spoke members having a curved end contacting with said hub, and a plurality of Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each, by allclr Washington, D. 8.?

blocks secured to said hub and adapted to se cure said spoke members to said hub.

' 10. In a spring wheel, a hub, a rim carrying a-tire, a pluralityof pairs of spoke members movably connected to said hub, and having curved ends oppositely disposed with respect to each other, means to connect each spoke member to said rim, and spring means between each pair of spoke members terminating in a curved end resting upon said hub. 11. In a spring wheel, a rim, a hub, spring members connected with said hub, the ends of each member extending in opposite direc' tions and overlapping each other, one of said ends extending to an adjacent spring member, means for connecting said ends with said rim, a spring arm having a portion thereof between adjacent spring members and another port-ion engaging said hub, and means for connecting said spring arm with the sides of said adjacent spring members.

12. In a spring wheel, a rim, a hub, spring members connected with said hub, the ends qt each member extendinglin opposite directions and overlapping eac other, one of said. ends extendingtc an adjacentsprin member, means for connecting said en s with said rim to permit movement therebetween, a spring arm having a'portion thereof between adjacent spring members and another portion engaging said hub, and means for connecting said. spring arm with the sides of said adjacent spring members.

' 13. In a spring wheel, a hub, a rim, a plurality of spake members, each spoke member comprising a spring band having sides outwardly'divergingjrom said hub, one of said sides terminating in a curved ortion contacting with said rim and the ot er side terminatmg in a curved portion adjacent said first mentioned side, and means secured to said rim to prevent displacement said curved portions and permitting relative movement between the latter and said rim.

'14. In a spring wheel, a hub, a rim, a plurality of spoke members, each spoke member comprising a spring band havingsides outwardly diverging from said hub, one of said sides terminating in a curved portion contacting with said rim and the other side fqminatin in a curved portion, said POItIuuS" being a apted to receive an end of the next adjacent spoke member therebetween, and means secured to said rim to prevent displacement of said spoke members.

CHARLES L. SCHWARZ. Witnesses a C. D; MGVAY, F. A. NnW'roN.

easing the Commissioner of Patents. 

